A long way home : a memoir

The Resource A long way home : a memoir
Label
A long way home : a memoir
Title remainder
a memoir
Statement of responsibility
Saroo Brierley, with Larry Buttrose
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Language
eng
Summary
When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines. Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five. Not knowing the name of his family or where he was from, he survived for weeks on the streets of Kolkata, before being taken into an orphanage and adopted by a couple in Australia. Despite being happy in his new family, Saroo always wondered about his origins. He spent hours staring at the map of India on his bedroom wall. When he was a young man the advent of Google Earth led him to pour over satellite images of the country for landmarks he recognised. And one day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for. Then he set off on a journey to find his mother
Cataloging source
BLACP
Dewey number
306.8740994
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not applicable
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LC call number
CT2808.B67
LC item number
A3 2014ab
Literary text for sound recordings
autobiography
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PerformerNote
Read by Vikas Adam
Target audience
adult
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